The second largest community of Japanese ex-pats is in the US, where over 1.2 million people speak Japanese as their mother-tongue (it’s estimated that 1.2% of the population of California have Japanese ancestors and around 5% of Hawaiians.) So why should you learn and how hard is it t...
"I bought some DVDs of Japanese films and anime when studying in Japan. Will they work when I bring them back to the U.S.?"A:Well, under normal circumstances, due to the existence ofJapan DVD regionrestriction, it's totally IMPOSSIBLE. Nowadays, however, the matter is not absolute, I...
In Japanese, onomatopoeia is known as擬音語(ぎおんご). This post will give you a complete rundown on Japanese onomatopoeia— the five types, 70 useful onomatopoeia words, how the words are used in everyday Japanese and more. Download:This blog post is available as a convenient and portable...
Originally founded as a platform for translating and distributing lesser known Japanese games, Nutaku began working with its former development studio turned publishing partner Super Hippo to invest specifically in the translation of Japanese hentai games, and cemented an identity. Now, they've found e...
If you’re worried about how hard it is to learn Japanese, this is one aspect that makes Japanese a little easier. Unlike verbs, there is only one letter these adjectives end in, meaning the conjugation is the same across all i-adjectives. The single irregular i-adjective in Japanese is...
Shinran-shonin, a famous old Buddhist priest, is said to have been the first to propagate Laminaria in 1718 in Japan. Currently, the cultivation of Japanese kelp is a well-developed practice, particularly in the western Pacific, and involves China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democra...
Japanese learning system for Chinese native speakers - development of database for learning Kanji which have difference between Chinese and Japanese Although native speakers of Chinese have basic knowledge of Kanji (Chinese characters), Learning Kanji is hard task to them. The difficulties of Kanji le...
Japanese sake production has flourished from Kobe City's Nada Ward to Nishinomiya City along Hyogo Prefecture's coastline since ancient times.Nada Gogorefers to five famous areas for their sake production. The groundwater in this area is particularly hard and rich in minerals. However, it contains...
It was once considered a niche genre, but now the Japanese animation industry is scrambling to meet the almost insatiable demand.
Reading Japanese is hard…until it isn’t. Finding the right material for that period of time when you’re moving from advanced beginner to intermediate is critical. You need to find something that’s not going to make you want to defenestrate the text itself or the device you’re reading...